Bent King Pin

springer · #1 (**permalink**) 10-12-2006, 10:37 PM

I went over a ditch and came down hard on the left front, the wheel is angled out at the bottom. I think I bent the king pin, any other ideas or help?
The truck is a 1999 f250 super duty four wheel drive with the 7.3.
thanks
springer

**mschn99** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-13-2006, 06:27 AM

Your truck doesnt have kingpins, it has ball joints. You either broke or tweeked a ball joint , messed up a hub bearing.......or you did something to a spring or axle housing...need to jack it up and start checking!!

springer · #3 (**permalink**) 12-04-2006, 03:23 PM

both of the wheels are angled out at the bottom, it look like where the top ball joints go threw are bent in. I have the front end off, sitting on a level floor the top ball joints are both in, should they be perpendicular to the horizontal?
thanks
springer

**Dave** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-04-2006, 03:26 PM

I think Marc nailed it sounds like ball joints and or hub bearings to me too

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